新世纪研究生公共英语教材阅读 B Unit 6.ppt

Unit Six The New American Dreamers Warm-up Activity Would you prefer to be a big fish in a small pond or a small fish in a big pond? After graduation, to work in a big city/a big company or a small city/a small company?  Questions about the text 1. Who is the new American dreamer? And where are they from? 2. What is the background of the new American dreamers? 3. Does Beth Conant expect that her future career as an actress can bring a rich and comfortable life for herself? 4. What are the features of the new dreamers? 5. What is their new American dream mainly about? Questions about the text 6. What is their attitude towards Marriage intimate relationship and having Children? 7. Explain “…see material success as a key prize at the end of the rainbow” in Paragraph 8. 8. In Paragraph 11, why does the author want to show us by mentioning “a nuclear war” panic? 9. Explain “Everything will be fifty-fifty” in Paragraph 15. 10. Compare traditional women and new American dreamers in terms of American dream. Text Learning Who is the new American dreamer? Young women in the United States. Your Topic Goes Here What is the background of the new American dreamers? From the upper-middle-class family, the middle class, the working class and even the poor. Your Topic Goes Here What are the features of the new dreamers? Live in terms of their aspirations, their hopes and their dreams; Quest for self-realization; Bright, thoughtful, personable and American; True believer Enough hard work ‘make it’ . Your Topic Goes Here What is their new American dream mainly about? Upward mobility; A comfortable life filled with personal choice and material possessions. Assignment Review Unit 6; Preview Unit 7; Exercises. * * Background Information American Dream: refers to the idea that ones prosperity depends upon ones own abilities and hard work, not on a rigid class structure. Background Information 1 individual freedom of choice in life styles; 2 equal acces